Bomb Sniffing..... Mice?

[JackLuis]

An Israeli company is aiming to revolutionise the way explosives, narcotics and even money are detected at airports, docks and border crossings with the help of specially trained covert agents.

These agents, however, aren’t just any regular agents. They are mice, which are being used as sniffer animals for the first time

The system, developed by the Herzliya-based BioExplorers, is simple: A traveller stands inside a small booth and is hit by a gentle blast of air that is then sucked into an small opaque chamber, where a group of eight mice are on duty.

After eight seconds, assuming the subject is all clear, a green light appears and the barrier opens.

But if the air smells of a suspicious a material the mice have been trained to detect, they gather in the so-called reporting compartment, which raises an alarm.

That will cut down on the cheese smuggling!

 

[R. Richard]

I'm protesting the use of just one white mouse. In our current, politically correct world, we need to have racial balance, even among mice.

 

[TxRad]

I'm protesting the use of just one white mouse. In our current, politically correct world, we need to have racial balance, even among mice.

That's the cocaine mouse, SnowBall.

 

[Handley_Page]

which one is for the Grass?

 

[Cruel2BKind]

I know they've used rats before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eAGtAYW6mA

So cute!

 

[R. Richard]

The Congo brown one.

 

[Handley_Page]

I know they've used rats before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eAGtAYW6mA

So cute!

I guess there's not a lot of difference between a Land Mine and TB, then ?

 

[Cruel2BKind]

I guess there's not a lot of difference between a Land Mine and TB, then ?

Not sure of the exact numbers, but a certain percentage of TB cases are misdiagnosed every year, and up to fifteen people can be infected by these misdiagnosed cases. The rats can sense it even more effectively than Labbies with microscopes. It also creates a local economy. Instead of having to pay for expensive methods from far away, they have a cheaper more effective method at home. For landmines and TB.

Also...

CUTE!